Baby, You're the Tops

Hats off to the latest spring fashions in eyewear with styles from sweet to sensational

By: AMY SPIEZIO

Eyecare Business March 1, 2006

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Baby, You're the Tops
by Amy Spiezio

Later gator: poised for spring in Lacoste style 4807 by L'Amy

It's been a rough winter. Unseasonably warm but stormy in some regions of the country, excessively snowy and cold in other areas, most folks could only hunker down and hope for the first signs of spring.

While it's not time to unwrap entirely for the year, the moment has arrived for the first buds of spring to emerge in the form of the latest crop of eyewear. Hats, scarves, neckwear, and headbands are transitional accessories, keeping the focus above the shoulders and making it a perfect time of year for top-down dressing. Eyewear completes this picture, leading into the warmer weather fashionably.

A few major themes are moving from the runway to the dispensary this season. From rich, saturated colors to boldly structured metallics, eyewear runs the full gamut to suit anyone's look or taste, particularly in the following forms.

- Bold prints: While ethnic and graphic prints enliven clothing options, eyewear gets a piece of the look with continued creativity on temples as well as within the interior of frames.

- Sleek sophisticates: The revival of the pantsuit and resurgence of black in the fashion palette is reflected in metal and plastic eyewear crafted in unique shapes with elegant touches.

- Dreamy innocence: Sweet misses in flowing frocks are on the spring scene. In eyewear, lustrous, pearlized finishes capture the sentiment.

It's the ideal time to take advantage of the moment that fashionistas are just emerging from their winter cocoons and promoting the season's styles face first.